I find it quite sad that you’ve made consent a partisan issue. It’s not. It’s universal. The author is simply saying that people's bodies should be respected. Should you force your child to kiss you/accept kisses from someone else when s/he doesn’t want to? The author would say absolutely not and I would agree. Many children are sexually assaulted and do not understand what has happened. Because they don’t understand it, they often don’t know how to relate what happened. This practice at least teaches kids that they don’t have to tolerate unwanted physical contact. It also teaches kids that they can say XYZ didn’t ask me to do abc.

Good for you on graduating college as a virgin, but this article has nothing to do with sexual morality, so your self righteousness isn’t necessary or welcome.

This article is about engraining the fact that each person has complete autonomy over his/her own body, and that no one should ever infringe upon that. That teaches children that no one should touch them if the touch is not requested or desired. This also reinforces respect for other’s bodily autonomy.

The author is writing from her experience with unwanted physical contact that occurred when the author was a young girl. She didn’t understand and wasn’t able to communicate what was happening to someone who could help. Please read Geralyn Mott’s comment.